Embassy of Portugal, London

Embassy of Portugal, London
Address	11 Belgrave Square London, SW1
Coordinates	51°29′58.5″N 0°9′18.7″W
Ambassador	Nuno Brito

The Embassy of Portugal in London is the diplomatic mission of Portugal in the United Kingdom.^[1] The embassy is located on Belgrave Square, Belgravia, in two separate buildings, and there is also a Portuguese consulate in Portland Place, Fitzrovia.^[2]

History

The Portuguese Embassy had previously been situated at 23–24 Golden Square, Soho, London, W1F 9JP from 1724 to 1747; the Marquess of Pombal served as Ambassador from 1738 to 1744. During this period a chapel (now the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption and St Gregory) was under the protection of the embassy. The embassy was situated at 74 South Audley Street in Mayfair from 1747 to 1829.^[3]

The embassy is now situated in a stucco terrace of c. 1825, designed by George Basevi. The building is part of a single group of Grade I listed buildings at 1–11 Belgrave Square.^[4]

On 2 February 2002 a ceremony on the corner of the square facing the embassy took place, unveiling a statue of the Anglo-Portuguese prince Henry the Navigator, whose English ancestry derived from his mother, Philippa of Lancaster.^[5] The statue is a copy of the statue in Fall River, Massachusetts, USA, by Aristide Berto Cianfarani.^[6]

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  Blue plaque at the site of the previous Portuguese Embassy in Golden Square
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  Statue of Henry the Navigator outside the embassy
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  The Consulate on Portland Place
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  Side entrance to the embassy

References

1. "The London Diplomatic List" (PDF). 14 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013.
2. "The London Diplomatic List" (PDF). 14 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013.
3. Historic England. "74, South Audley Street W1 (1236474)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
4. Historic England, "1—11 Belgrave Square (1066455)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 28 February 2016
5. "Discurso do Presidente da República por ocasião da Inauguração da Estátua do Infante D. Henrique (Versão em Inglês)". 18 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
6. "Statue: Henry the Navigator statue". London Remembers. London Remembers. Retrieved 27 March 2018. A duplicate of the statue is located at Fall River, Massachusetts,

External links

• Media related to Portuguese Embassy, London at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website